The construction of the factory has not yet been approved. But if the Tesla production in Grünheide near Berlin starts as planned in July 2021, 10,500 employees should find work there. They will then produce up to half a million cars a year in shifts.
The US electric car manufacturer Tesla initially expects up to 10,500 employees to work in shifts for its planned first factory in Europe near Berlin. According to information from industry circles, between 3000 and 3500 employees are to work in one shift, with three shifts per day.
The company is currently still looking for specialists. In Tesla's application for environmental approval, different information is given on the number of employees per shift. There is also talk of up to 12,000 direct jobs, including a number of apprenticeships.
A maximum of 500,000 vehicles per year are to roll off the assembly line in Grünheide near Berlin from July next year – according to the automaker's plans, the maximum should be reached as quickly as possible. The complete environmental approval for the construction is still pending.
Tesla has cleared part of the area at its own risk and is preparing to build it. The application for the construction shows that the company estimates construction costs of around one billion euros. If approval is given, the construction work should last until March 2021. Operation is scheduled for July 2021.
Critics fear that the factory will have negative consequences for the environment. So far, 373 objections have been received. Until September 3, citizens can still raise new objections to changes to the application for approval. The spokesman for the citizens' initiative "Against Gigafactory Grünheide", Frank Gersdorf, criticized: "The whole project has a wrong location: water protection area, drinking water protection area, landscape protection area – in the midst of an intact nature."
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